Roßbach (Spießbach)

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Rossbach
Data
Water code DE : 2358182
location Rhineland-Palatinate ; Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Spießbach  → Sauer  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the southwestern Wasgau
49 ° 7 ′ 1 ″  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height 265  m above sea level NN
muzzle north-east of Fischbach near Dahn in den Spießbach Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '28 "  N , 7 ° 43' 40"  E 49 ° 5 '28 "  N , 7 ° 43' 40"  E
Mouth height 219  m above sea level NN
Height difference 46 m
Bottom slope 13 ‰
length 3.6 km
Catchment area 4.09 km²

The Roßbach is a three and a half kilometers long right tributary of the Spießbach in the southern Palatinate .

course

The Roßbach rises at an altitude of 265  m above sea level. NN the Roßbrunnen in western Wasgau in the area of Dahn on the southwest slope of the Toteköpfel . It initially flows in a south-easterly direction between the Stolzenberg on its right and the Kleiner Dahlberg on the left through the species-rich Roßbrunnen valley . It then makes an arch and then flows around the Great Cover Mountain from the west , damming it in a series of small ponds . On the other side are the Breite- and the Spitze-Klippenberg. The Roßbach now flows southwards and finally flows northeast of Fischbach near Dahn at an altitude of 219  m above sea level. NN in the Spießbach .

Individual evidence

  1. Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  3. Upper Roßbrunner Tal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.naturschutz.rlp.de